Sunday was a damp, foggy start, but despite the weather, 11 bikes and 1 pillion arrived at Haddon Services for the briefing by Tim Helstrip. The route and destination were ones that Tim had inherited from Craig McClean and both were new to Tim, the destination was The Vale View […]
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PECAM – Tour to Ypres, Belgium Day 1
Ypres Tour – Day One (Friday 2nd September 2022) A very early, Friday morning saw the first leg of the PECAM Tour to Ypres, Belgium, 12 bikes met at Haddon Services at 6am, after a briefing by Bob Stewart we set off on our adventure to Belgium. We were joined […]
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Ypres Tour – Day Two (Saturday 3rd September 2022) Breakfast at the Hotel was buffet style, with a large, varied choice of cooked and continental foods, so many choices to set us up for the day Bob had planned for us, visiting Essex Farm Cemetery, Pond Farm, Tyn Cot Cemetery […]
Read MorePECAM Tour to Ypres, Belgium Day 2 & 3
Ypres Tour – Day Two and Day Three Day Two Tyn Cot Cemetery Our third stop of the day was to Tyn Cot Cemetery, located in an area which was known as the Ypres Salient where Commonwealth, French, Belgian and German forces fought almost continuously throughout the First World War. […]
Read MoreInternational Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln
Wow! What at turn out for the second August Sunday Ride out! Sunday August 28th saw Nineteen bikes and one pillion arrived at Haddon Services for Craig McLean’s planned route to the International Bomber Command, Lincoln. An excellent briefing was given by Craig, in which Bob Stewart agreed to TEC […]
Read MoreSocial Evening Summer Ride Out
The final summer evening ride for 2022 saw 8 riders and one pillion brave the elements for a highly enjoyable 55.8 miles from Haddon Services to the ‘Local Fish Bar’ in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. The weather forecast had been for torrential rain and thunder storms, but the timing of the […]
Read MoreSunday 14th August Ride Out – Holly Lodge Cafe
This Sunday’s ride out was Nigel Arkle’s first lead ride following on from his Ride Leader training by Martin Jones. Originally Nigel had planned a ride to Seasons Café at Billing Garden Centre, but due to the expected high temperatures the plan changed, with a shorter route of 50 miles […]
Read MorePECAM Summer BBQ – 7th August 2022
Excellent weather, very well-behaved dogs and children and some well-behaved adults made the BBQ afternoon an excellent addition to the PECAM Social Calendar. PECAM is a motorcycle road safety charity and as such doesn’t gather as a group that often where it is open to the non-motorcycling friends and family […]
Read MoreSlow Speed Skills/Moto-Gymkhana 6th August
On Saturday 6th August Bob and Myself welcomed Neil, Mark and Andy to Alconbury Airfield for some slow speed practice. We can cater for all skills and abilities, starting from riding in a straight line at walking pace to Moto Gymkhana, the airfield is a vast piece of level tarmac […]
Read MoreFamous Fish N Chip Run
A week later than usual, owing to the extreme temperatures last week, Tuesday 26th July was the date for this year’s annual fish n chip run to The Boundary, Market Deeping. What a turn out! Seventeen bikes and two pillions arrived at Haddon Services for the ride briefing by Tim […]
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